The Bharatiya Janata Party has announced the schedule for the election of its national president. The nomination process will be completed on January 19, 2026, and the formal announcement of the new national president will be made on January 20, 2026.
The party said the election process forms part of an organisational exercise. Nitin Nabin is currently serving as the party’s working president, and expectations have been expressed within the party that he will be elected as the new national president.
Senior party leadership has decided that Nitin Nabin will file his nomination for the post of national president on January 19. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to be present as the proposer during the nomination process.
The nomination procedure is part of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s internal organisational tradition. Senior leaders, members of the central leadership and key office-bearers of the party are expected to be present during the process.
Following the completion of the nomination process, the formal announcement of the new national president will be made on January 20.
Nitin Nabin, a five-time legislator from Bihar, assumed charge as the party’s working president on December 14, 2025. His formal assumption of responsibilities had been temporarily delayed due to Kharmas. After the end of Kharmas, the process for the election of the Bharatiya Janata Party president has moved forward.
Nabin has held several organisational positions within the party and has previously served as the Bihar president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
